One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed in the combat zone in eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours.
National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Thursday.
"At a checkpoint located near the western outskirts of the settlement of Mius, a military patrol hit an RGD-5 grenade. The explosion killed one soldier," he said.
Lysenko said that 18 soldiers were wounded in the past 24 hours.
